A Lament Poem by Jennifer Danger

My Hosea, my Faithful, I return again.
A world of darkness, I’m exposed by Your Light.
Am I too dirty to ever be pure?
Am I too broken to be whole?
Am I too burdened to be free?

As the ivy clings to and covers the wall,
Slowly deceiving its way, curling, pulling, gripping
So I am captive and entangled by regrets I thought long gone.
I allowed myself to indulge such thoughts,
To wander from Your Word
To let the snake of lies sliver in the innermost prisons of my mind.
I dwelt there and drowned in the pool of self-pity.

I remember how I first came to you,
Shards of glass.
Pained, disillusioned.
A butterfly with a broken wing.

You held me in Your Hand.
A father to His daughter.
You loved me back to wholeness.

Restoration.
Redemption.
Salvation mine.

Hand in hand, together we took the treacherous road to freedom.
When I was too weak, you carried me.
When I became stronger, I learned to walk for myself.

God of my salvation, you rescued me.
Rescue me now!
My unchanging Rock, lift me as you did before.

Liberated,
Whole,
Pure in Your eyes.
When I doubt myself, You believe in me.
My Hosea, my Faithful, I return again.